Ablegen / Dropping Buch / Book Echo Grand Grand Canyon Mögen / Like Nieder / Down Poesie / Poetry Rose Schlucht / Canyon Schreiben / Writing Warten / Waiting
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
It's not at all naturally human to see something like the Grand Canyon as beautiful.
I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera.
The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.
Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.
I have an amazing team; I have amazing producers; I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.
I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.
